“I hate what Ray Emery did,” Shanahan told Sportsnet’s Hockey Central on Tuesday. “I wouldn’t like it if I were a teammate of his. I wouldn’t like it if I were an opponent of his. And I think, more important, if the rest of the caretakers of our game, the general managers, don’t like it, it’s important for us to say when a rule is not properly addressed in the rulebook. And I don’t think it is.”

Toward the end of Washington’s 7-0 rout in Philly last Friday, a third-period line brawl preceded Emery’s aggression.

Holtby, an unwilling participant, was taken to the ice by the 31-year-old Emery, who continued to pound away despite the Caps netminder failing to put up much of a defence.

Emery received 29 penalty minutes stemming from the fight but no further discipline was handed down by the league.

“I hated what I saw,” Shanahan reiterated. “The general managers need to discuss it. If they have a proposal they will pass it to the competition committee. If they approve it, it will go back to our GMs and then to our board of governors.